This is the third and final installment in a series of articles exploring the background of the recent Japan-U.S. summit ...

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said Wednesday Japan has formally asked the United States for an exemption of Trump ...

Imposing punitive tariffs on countries with high trade surpluses with the United States has been at the heart of US President Donald Trump's economic policy.

But Trump's new steel, aluminum and reciprocal tariffs will boost inflation. Big tariffs on Canada, Mexico, Europe, Japan and others will weaken those economies, encourage retaliation against the U.S.

Japan's current account surplus hit a record high in 2024 mainly because of higher dividend and interest receipts from abroad ...

President Donald Trump on Friday announced a joint venture with Japan for the Alaska LNG Project. If it’s built, the $44 ...

At least six Asian economies have expressed interest in buying liquefied natural gas (LNG) to narrow their trade deficit with ...

Aluminum and steel are key materials in industrial manufacturing, an industry Trump hopes to resuscitate in the U.S. economy. At this point in time, China has an overwhelming advantage in accessing ...

Harvard Kennedy School’s Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government (M-RCGB) hosted a panel discussion where ...

Japan's current account surplus jumped to a record last year, data from the finance ministry showed on Monday, as a weaker ...

The United States will move to impose 25-percent tariffs on steel and aluminum imports this week, President Donald Trump said ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with economist Mary Lovely of the Peterson Institute about trade deficits and the role they play in international trade.